Niki Nakayama: How a JA Angeleno Conquered the Rarefied World of Japanese Kaiseki Cuisine
Nakayama’s genius is her intuitive ability to orchestrate Japanese techniques and Southern California ingredients into something completely new and all her own.
JANM Photo Exhibit: Two Views: Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank
Comparing the U.S. and Canadian WWII government prison camp experiences through the work of two photographers.
Mochitsuki: Japans Nostalgic New Years Tradition
On one community in Livingston, California that still pounds New Year's mochi rice cakes the old way, and the soup they love, ozoni.
The History Page: Order of Infamy
Essay marking the 70th anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066.
Retrospective: Magic and Beauty in the Art of Patrick Nagatani
My look at the work of Japanese American artist Patrick Nagatani
Coppelia Huevos Rancheros
My first contribution to the food web site, Cravings
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care - Part III-1
Another installment in my series on Japanese-American eldercare, this time an examination of an innovative center in Sacramento
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care -- Part II-2
This is the second half of part two of my extremely long article on Nikkei eldercare on the West Coast.
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care -- Part II-1
This series became so long that Part II had to be subdivided, hence the strange headline.
West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care -- Part I
What I planned as one article on Keiro Senior Healthcare in Los Angeles turned into a multi-part series covering Nikkei eldercare all along the West Coast. This article was reposted on the sites New America Media and Redwood Age